Shelley Johnson

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Welcome back to Women Road Warriors with Shelly Johnson and Kathy Takaro.

Today's conversation is one you're not likely to forget.

We're talking with Carol Murray, who survived a catastrophic skydiving accident after both her main and backup parachutes failed, falling over a half a mile to the ground next to someone's house who was having tea on her porch.

And while that moment could have defined the end of her story, it actually became the beginning of something extraordinary.

Carol went on to become the resilience architect, building a career rooted in leadership, impact, and raising over $50 million for causes that matter.

She talks about her three pillars of resilience, community, values, and perspective.

Carol, you're a perfect example of resilience.

What you went through was absolutely amazing, from the fall through your recovery with 26 surgeries.

Your tenacity is remarkable.

You had to have, well, obviously there was bravery.

You had absolute terror when you jumped out of that plane.

You had to have absolute fear going through the rehabilitation process because you had setbacks with MRSA infections and everything else and constant pain.

It took so much courage for you to just go on from day to day.

That's important.

Do you think that if this accident had not happened, you would have not gone in the direction you have?

Your message is so powerful.